Tuesday, January 13, 2004
When I was a teen my favorite band was Rush. They had a song called A Farewell to Kings. The lyrics of that sone included "When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago, will they read of us with sadness for the seeds that we left grow."
When I look at all that is going on I can't help but wonder if that line was prophetic. What are we doing? Our society is so pluralistic and so "gray." People say there are no absolutes which is in itself an absolute.
There are absolutes and they can be found in the Word of God. Jesus said I am THE way after all. But here's the thing, as much as we want to hold onto the absolute truth of God's Word and we must, we are also forced to take that truth to pluralistic society in a way that they will understand. It is a monumental task.
Here's what I see. God will raise up people and give them a vision to reach this society. God will give good seed to be planted. We must be very careful to be very faithful. We must follow Him closer than ever. We must be careful that in our zeal to reach a generation that we dont throw the babies out with the bath water. The word remains unchanged, the vehicles we use to take them out must change and sometimes quickly. In a world where all the known knowledge doubles every year and a half (unless that stat is outdated by now), what's "hip" today is passe tomorrow. It's changing so fast that the only hope we have is the only hope the church has ever had. Clinging tightly to our Lord and His word.
When I look at all that is going on I can't help but wonder if that line was prophetic. What are we doing? Our society is so pluralistic and so "gray." People say there are no absolutes which is in itself an absolute.
There are absolutes and they can be found in the Word of God. Jesus said I am THE way after all. But here's the thing, as much as we want to hold onto the absolute truth of God's Word and we must, we are also forced to take that truth to pluralistic society in a way that they will understand. It is a monumental task.
Here's what I see. God will raise up people and give them a vision to reach this society. God will give good seed to be planted. We must be very careful to be very faithful. We must follow Him closer than ever. We must be careful that in our zeal to reach a generation that we dont throw the babies out with the bath water. The word remains unchanged, the vehicles we use to take them out must change and sometimes quickly. In a world where all the known knowledge doubles every year and a half (unless that stat is outdated by now), what's "hip" today is passe tomorrow. It's changing so fast that the only hope we have is the only hope the church has ever had. Clinging tightly to our Lord and His word.
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